 Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Sculpture, Wood Carving |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
№ |
| USA | 67 |
| China | 1 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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George Adams Gallery, USA |
12 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
8 |
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Barbara Davis Gallery, USA |
3 |
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David Floria Gallery, USA |
3 |
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Charles Cowles Gallery, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1943 Born in Terrell, TX (US)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 68
until 15.9.
Solo shows 21
2010
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| James Surls - Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO |
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| The Black Arts - Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO |
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| James Surls - - David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO (closed) |
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| The Original Drawings of James Surls presented by The Blue Star Print Project - Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX |
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| James Surls - Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
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| The Original Drawings of James Surls presented by The Blue Star Print Project - Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX |
2009
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| James Surls - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Spotlight: James Surls - Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA |
2006
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| James Surls - Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO |
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| James Surls - Complete Fragments - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| James Surls - The Splendora Years, 1977–1997 - DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA |
2005
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| James Surls - The Splendora Years, 1977-1997 - Blaffer Gallery - The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX |
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| James Surls - Between the Old and the New - Bronze and Drawings - - David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO (closed) |
1986
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| James Surls: Drawings - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
1984
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| Visions: James Surls, 1974–1984 - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
1982
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| currents 16: JAMES SURLS - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| James Surls: Figures, Phantoms, Flowers - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
1980
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| James Surls: New Sculpture - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
1978
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| James Surls Drawings - The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX |
1977
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| James Surls: Recent Drawings - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1975
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| James Surls: Sculptor - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Group shows 46
2011
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| Nature and the Non-Objective Realm - Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, WV |
2010
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| Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press and Collection Selections: Flatbed Press - Austin Museum of Art - AMOA, Austin, TX |
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| Artpark: 1974-1984 - UB Art Galleries - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
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| Earthbound: The State of Sculpture - The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX |
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| Private Collections II - The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Austin, TX |
2009
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| At 21: Gifts and Promised Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary - Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI |
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| American Concepts and Global Visions/Selections from the AT&T Collection: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture - The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
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| Colorado Abstract - Center for Visual Art (CVA) - Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO |
2008
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| Fresh Baked - Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| Group Dialogue - Gerald Peters Gallery - Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings - Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR |
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| Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place - Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT |
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| Possibilities - Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place - Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA |
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| STORY - Center for Visual Art (CVA) - Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO |
2007
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| Solstice - - David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO (closed) |
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| Clear Cut - Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
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| Paper: Featuring traditional and innovative uses of the medium - Fisher Landau Center For Art, New York City, NY |
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| A Way With Words - Galveston Art Center (GAC), Galveston, TX |
2006
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| James Surls / Charmaine Locke - Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX |
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| Houston Contemporary Art - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai |
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| Having New Eyes - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
2005
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| Summer Group Show - Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL |
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| "A Summer Group" - - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| New Prints 2005/Spring - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY |
2004
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| New Prints 2004/Autumn - International Print Center New York, New York City, NY |
1994
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| Around the House: Invitational Exhibition of Paintings, Drawing, Sculpture and Photography - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
1993
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| Seeing the Forest Through the Trees - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1992
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| Large Scale Works on Paper - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
1991
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| Word As Image: American Art 1960–1990 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1989
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| Sculpture & Color, Part II: Evocations - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Past/Present - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
1988
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| Spectrum: New Work in Three Dimensions - Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Texas Art: An exhibition selected from The Menil Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Trustees' Collections - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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| Works on Paper - George Adams Gallery, New York City, NY |
1987
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| Structure to resemblance : work by 8 American sculptors - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
1986
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| Eccentric Drawings and Works on Paper - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| 75th American Exhibition - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1985
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| Chuck Dugan & James Surls - New Paintings & New Sculpture - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
1983
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| Southern Fictions - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1982
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| In Our Time: Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum 1948–1982 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Works in Wood - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
1981
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| Drawing into Painting and Sculpture - Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York City, NY |
1979
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| FIRE! - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1978
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| Art of Texas - The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1974
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| 12/Texas - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
| Dealer Directory 1 |
USA
| | Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
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Collections 14
USA
| | Art Museum of Southeast Texas - AMSET, Beaumont, TX
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| | The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
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| | Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX
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| | Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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| | El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA), El Paso, TX
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| | MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
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| | Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY
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| | Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
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| | Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK
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| | San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
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| | Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
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| | Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX
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